HMS JAGUAR
Introduction and Specifications
This new in 1959 RN anti-aircraft frigate escorted HM The Queen, circumnavigated the world and fended off Icelandic ships in the 1970's 'Cod Wars' then served until 2013 the Bangladesh Navy.
Introduction and Specifications
This new in 1959 RN anti-aircraft frigate escorted HM The Queen, circumnavigated the world and fended off Icelandic ships in the 1970's 'Cod Wars' then served until 2013 the Bangladesh Navy.
The very last warship to come out of Denny's, Dumbarton shipyard HMS JAGUAR was commissioned on the 10th of December 1959 at the mouth of the River Leven on the River Clyde.
She had been launched by HRH Princess Alexandra some two and a half years earlier on the 30th of July 1957 watched then by many anxious shipyard workers at William Denny & Brothers who were beginning to face up to the decline of British shipbuilding.
She had been launched by HRH Princess Alexandra some two and a half years earlier on the 30th of July 1957 watched then by many anxious shipyard workers at William Denny & Brothers who were beginning to face up to the decline of British shipbuilding.
HRH Princess Alexandra with Mr Edward L Denny, Chairman at the launch. Present were the Lord Lieutenant, Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham, Provost John J McGregor, Controller of the Navy Vice Admiral Sir Peter Reid, Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty Sir John Lang and many other shipyard, navy and civil representatives and families.
(Pictures and information originated from local newspapers and archives)
(Pictures and information originated from local newspapers and archives)
The Royal Navy life of of this frigate, after a shaky start, was to last some 19 years until her sale to the Bangladesh Navy in 1978. Leaving Chatham Dockyard flying the Bangladesh Navy Ensign in August 1978 heralded a new start and, remarkably, a further thirty-five years of naval service for the ship.
That she provided more than half a century of service blows a very large trumpet for her designers and those Clydeside shipbuilders who's working life was, within five years of the ship's acceptance, brought to an end by the closure of Denny's.
That she provided more than half a century of service blows a very large trumpet for her designers and those Clydeside shipbuilders who's working life was, within five years of the ship's acceptance, brought to an end by the closure of Denny's.
Fit to fight HMS JAGUAR left the UK for foreign service on the South Atlantic/South America Station based in South Africa. Subsequent deployments included the Persian Gulf , Indian Ocean and SA/SA again as well as the excitement of a world tour and the rigours of the British/Icelandic ‘Cod Wars’ of the 1970’s as you can see in the year-by-year sections.
SHIP SPECIFICATIONS
Type: Anti-Aircraft Frigate
Class: Type 41
Builders: William Denny & Brothers, Leven Yard, Dumbarton Yard Number: 1476
Laid down / Launched: 02 November 1953 / 20 July 1957 by HRH Princess Alexandra
Commissioned: 10 December 1959. Sold out of RN use 1978.
Complement: 205-235
Disposal: Sold to Bangladesh Navy 7/1978.
(Re-named Bangladesh Navy Ship ALI HAIDUR she continued in service until January 2013 before going to Chittagong to be broken-up).
Callsign/Pennant No: MTXY / F37.
Dimensions: Length: 340' ( 104M). Beam: 40' (12.2M). Draught: 16' (4.8M)
Displacement: Standard 2300T, Maximum 2520T
Machinery: 8 x Admiralty SR1 diesel engines (Crossley Bros. Manchester) and 4 x Diesel Generators in three engine rooms. Forward; 2 Engines & 2 Generators, Midships; 4 engines, Aft; As Forward. The two shafts had variable pitch propellers. Stabilisers fitted.
Speed: 24 knots. Fuel / Range: 220T / 7,500nm @ 16 knots
Armaments & Radars: (Note: Original fit // Post mid-60's refit changes) 2 x Twin 4.5" Mk6 Guns in two turrets. Type 275 - Mk6M Director, Twin 40mm STAAG // 1 x 40mm Bofors MkIX Type 960 // 965 Air warning (AKE aerial); Type 262 radar. Others: Type 293Q // 993Q Target indication, 277Q Height Finder, Triple Squid Anti-submarine mortar with 174 Sonar Search and 170 Attack. Navigation radar Type 974 // 978.
Battle Honours: *Dunkirk 1940, Atlantic 1940, Spartivento 1940, Matapan 1941, Crete 1941, Mediterranean 1941, Libya 1941-2, Malta Convoys 1942.
(*Only previous JAGUAR commissioned 1940, sunk 3/1942 - Lost 193 saved 53).
Other ships in Class: (Builder/Date completed/Loan Service/Demise):
LYNX 3/1957 J Brown, Clydebank / Sold Bangladesh 3/1982 BNS ABU BAKA / Paid off 1/2013
PUMA 4/1957 Scotts, Greenock / Scrapped 1976
LEOPARD 9/1958 HM Dockyard, Portsmouth / Scrapped 1977
Note: A further three Type 41 ships were built in the UK for the Royal Indian Navy none of which outlived JAGUAR/LYNX.
Type: Anti-Aircraft Frigate
Class: Type 41
Builders: William Denny & Brothers, Leven Yard, Dumbarton Yard Number: 1476
Laid down / Launched: 02 November 1953 / 20 July 1957 by HRH Princess Alexandra
Commissioned: 10 December 1959. Sold out of RN use 1978.
Complement: 205-235
Disposal: Sold to Bangladesh Navy 7/1978.
(Re-named Bangladesh Navy Ship ALI HAIDUR she continued in service until January 2013 before going to Chittagong to be broken-up).
Callsign/Pennant No: MTXY / F37.
Dimensions: Length: 340' ( 104M). Beam: 40' (12.2M). Draught: 16' (4.8M)
Displacement: Standard 2300T, Maximum 2520T
Machinery: 8 x Admiralty SR1 diesel engines (Crossley Bros. Manchester) and 4 x Diesel Generators in three engine rooms. Forward; 2 Engines & 2 Generators, Midships; 4 engines, Aft; As Forward. The two shafts had variable pitch propellers. Stabilisers fitted.
Speed: 24 knots. Fuel / Range: 220T / 7,500nm @ 16 knots
Armaments & Radars: (Note: Original fit // Post mid-60's refit changes) 2 x Twin 4.5" Mk6 Guns in two turrets. Type 275 - Mk6M Director, Twin 40mm STAAG // 1 x 40mm Bofors MkIX Type 960 // 965 Air warning (AKE aerial); Type 262 radar. Others: Type 293Q // 993Q Target indication, 277Q Height Finder, Triple Squid Anti-submarine mortar with 174 Sonar Search and 170 Attack. Navigation radar Type 974 // 978.
Battle Honours: *Dunkirk 1940, Atlantic 1940, Spartivento 1940, Matapan 1941, Crete 1941, Mediterranean 1941, Libya 1941-2, Malta Convoys 1942.
(*Only previous JAGUAR commissioned 1940, sunk 3/1942 - Lost 193 saved 53).
Other ships in Class: (Builder/Date completed/Loan Service/Demise):
LYNX 3/1957 J Brown, Clydebank / Sold Bangladesh 3/1982 BNS ABU BAKA / Paid off 1/2013
PUMA 4/1957 Scotts, Greenock / Scrapped 1976
LEOPARD 9/1958 HM Dockyard, Portsmouth / Scrapped 1977
Note: A further three Type 41 ships were built in the UK for the Royal Indian Navy none of which outlived JAGUAR/LYNX.
This HMS JAGUAR Intro. section published online 2015 replacing the Jaguar page first published online 2002. Note. Not ALL Jaguar pages are
yet online.
yet online.